With help from MIT, Akamai sues competitor

Here's the first patent they're complaining about: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...

So basically they patented the concept of www.customerdomain.com.cdndomain.com. How asinine is that.

I spend $35K/month with akamai and already have a meeting with Contendo setup for monday. Just forwarded this link along to my akamai rep with a snarky note.

Akamai needs to wake up and realize that their technology hasn't been a big differentiator for a few years now and change their pricing to reflect that.